I was in an accident today in one of our Mustangs (I know, f*rd, ick, not a gbody, ok that's out of the way) where a woman either ran a stop sign, or just didn't care a car was coming and floored it... whatever.
End result is, wrecked car.
She hit it square perpendicular from the side. Small blessing is she missed the tire. Bad news is there's about $6500 in parts alone if you replace the bent hood, bent fender, tore up punctured front cover, messed up hid headlights, bad fog lights etc. Labor and paint... who knows.
Parts of her car and lights are actually embedded into my panels.
Problem is, our car was ordered with a special factory metallic tricoat paint (gotta have it green) that has a golden flip in the sun. The couple ford dealerships I talked to after leaving the ER said they weren't experienced with that paint color and type and I should go try some other shops.
The companion color from that year, also a metallic tricoat but red instead of green, I found a PPG technical bulletin on that requires painting a bunch of test panels and comparing in the sun before painting the car itself, as well as basically a 5 or 6 layer paint job including the primers and clear. I doubt the Adjuster will accept it because it's for the ruby red and not green, but I can't find one for the green online.
I'm looking for references of a certified body shop that anyone has seen do complicated paint work like that and can duke it out with the insurance rep.
We're just outside atlanta, georgia, but, I'll have the car moved 50 miles if that's what it takes to find the right match.
Anyone know of anything?
End result is, wrecked car.
She hit it square perpendicular from the side. Small blessing is she missed the tire. Bad news is there's about $6500 in parts alone if you replace the bent hood, bent fender, tore up punctured front cover, messed up hid headlights, bad fog lights etc. Labor and paint... who knows.
Parts of her car and lights are actually embedded into my panels.
Problem is, our car was ordered with a special factory metallic tricoat paint (gotta have it green) that has a golden flip in the sun. The couple ford dealerships I talked to after leaving the ER said they weren't experienced with that paint color and type and I should go try some other shops.
The companion color from that year, also a metallic tricoat but red instead of green, I found a PPG technical bulletin on that requires painting a bunch of test panels and comparing in the sun before painting the car itself, as well as basically a 5 or 6 layer paint job including the primers and clear. I doubt the Adjuster will accept it because it's for the ruby red and not green, but I can't find one for the green online.
I'm looking for references of a certified body shop that anyone has seen do complicated paint work like that and can duke it out with the insurance rep.
We're just outside atlanta, georgia, but, I'll have the car moved 50 miles if that's what it takes to find the right match.
Anyone know of anything?